serious crime; grave crime
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
consideration; taking into account
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
not necessarily so; is not always true
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
danger; peril; hazard; risk
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
excessive fishing; overfishing; overhunting; excessive taking
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
wetting; love affair; lover
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
good-for-nothing; worthless
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
close; intimate; on good terms
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
younger people; future generations
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
that is to say; so that means
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
officer's compensation or remuneration